Since you asked about tobacco (the Oregonian shop does sell cigarettes, by the way) there is a semi new Rich's Cigar store located past security on the C concourse. Only trouble is, you would need to exit security and the airport should you wish to enjoy a cigar.... Makes sense to me!

Uh HUH. This could be one of two things. The Oregonian could just be paying to have its name on the newsstand in a frantic hope for improved name recognition. I also have my suspicions as to how much might be hidden from auditors as "operating expenses." Our big regional magazine starts up its own newsstand every five years or so, in order to pretend that its circulation isn't dependent on free copies given to current and potential advertisers. (The last time one of these ran, it was part of a deal with an investor's restaurant to use the unused patio. Well, the reason it was unused was because it faced west, which made it uninhabitable for six months in the Dallas heat. The idea then was to install misters to cool down the patio, which of course soaked all of the books and magazines, and the sun in the afternoon finished the job by bleaching the covers to unreadability and unsellability. Not that it mattered: the rumor had it that the magazine made so much money from its incessant "732 Best Doctors/Restaurants/Clothing Stores Willing To Pay For The Award and Subsidize the Editor's Coke and Strip Club Tab" contests that the money llost on the newsstand was practically a rounding error.)

Actually, it's kind of sad major city newspapers didn't do this decades ago. The Trib should have done it when they started up. After all, the owner of the Trib already owns those Made in Oregon stores.

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 80
At this date last year: 89
Total run in 2014: 401
In 2013: 257
In 2012: 129
In 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269